It’s natural that real estate sellers want to achieve the best price when they are selling their home.
So what is an easy and relatively inexpensive way to achieve this? Why, home styling of course!
As a Brisbane buyer’s agent, I see inside countless homes, and what sets some homes apart from the others is whether the home has been styled, or what some call ‘staged’. Home styling, when it’s done professionally, is an extremely effective way to achieve a WOW factor when people come to inspect, so if you’re looking to maximise your sale price, look no further than getting an expert in to transform your home.
Home Styling, or staging, is the process of using an interior designer to stage your property with furniture and accessories in preparation for a sale. Generally, items are hired for a term of approximately six weeks and professional photography is completed once the home has been fitted out with a collection of suitable pieces. The goal is to help present the home in the best possible light, attracting the maximum number of buyers. This sells the home in the fastest possible time at the highest possible price, beating the competition.
Real estate agents report that the average time on the market for homes that have been styled for a sales campaign is only 33 days, compared to 90 days for non-styled homes, and on average, styled homes attract a 3-6% increase in sale price. So what are you waiting for? It’s a no brainer!
A great tip is that property styling for display homes and investment properties is tax deductible, which is even more of a reason to delve in and dress your property up for maximum exposure. Another upside is that furniture and accessories can be hired at a nominal cost as opposed to the idea of conventional interior decorating which requires the actual purchase of the furniture and accessories. Obviously, this is a huge cost saving for the vendor, as many of the items in a stylist’s inventory are premium furnishings and would be far too costly to purchase.
As a buyers agent and vendor advocate, I see firsthand how professionally styled properties can make a positive difference to a sales campaign. Properties that are professionally styled seem lighter, brighter and more inviting. The furniture is spaced well and adornments and accessories are placed in a way to create a homely, but sophisticated feel. So when you’re thinking about selling, consider getting the experts in to transform your home into one that will see buyer’s lining up at door.
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